Children’s Services are committed to achieving our vision of
‘Working together to get it right for children, families and
communities—protecting, learning, achieving and nurturing.’
This education plan sets out clear priorities to realise this
vision. To raise attainment for all of our children and young
people, while closing the poverty related attainment gap, we
must work together across and beyond the directorate with
our partners, parents and communities. This education plan,
therefore, sits as part of the wider Children’s Services plan
and other strategic planning across the council.
Our ‘excellent’ progress in closing the poverty-related
attainment gap was recognised in the Education Scotland
inspection report published in February 2019. To build on
this, we maintain a relentless focus on addressing inequalities
and improving outcomes for all children and young people in
Renfrewshire. The priorities and actions set out in this plan
have been developed to support this aspiration.

To identify our strengths and areas for improvement, we
have consulted with a wide range of partners and used a
variety of audit material, including data and external reports
from partners, such as Education Scotland. This education
plan outlines our priorities, the actions we will undertake
to support these, the intended outcomes and how we will
measure success. It is both aspirational and inclusive, and
reflects the needs of our children, young people and families.
Our plan focusses on four main priority areas: learning
and teaching; health and wellbeing; leadership at all levels
and employability skills leading to sustained positive
destinations for all young people. These directly align to
Scotland’s national priorities for education. We will continue
to use universal approaches to raise attainment for all,
alongside targeted interventions to close the poverty-related
attainment gap. We believe our children and young people
are the future of Renfrewshire and, as such, it is essential that
we provide them with an education which best develops their
skills for life, learning and work.

Renfrewshire Council has a very clear ambition to support
better outcomes for all children and young people. We are
confident that this Education Improvement Plan supports
this ambition and reaffirms our commitment to continuous
improvement and to provide the highest quality of education
and care for our children and young people.

Click HERE to download the Renfrewshire Improvement Plan for 2020-2021.

Click HERE to download the Renfrewshire Improvement Plan for 2021-2022

Click HERE to download the Renfrewshire Improvement Plan for 2022-2023